Amgen boosts quarterly dividend to $1.15 per share

The Amgen Board of Directors announced a $1.15 per share dividend.
The Amgen Board of Directors announced a $1.15 per share dividend. | File photo
A $1.15 per share dividend was recently declared by Amgen's Board of Directors for the first quarter of next year.
March 8 of next year has been set as the date that the dividend will be paid to all stockholders of record as of the close of business Feb. 15. The new share dividend represents a 15 percent increase compared to the dividends paid in the previous four quarters.
Amgen is dedicated to discovering the potential of biology for patients who have serious illnesses. This involves the development, manufacturing and delivering of groundbreaking therapeutics for human patients.
Amgen uses various tools such as advanced human genetics to unlock complicated diseases in order to fully understand human biology fundamentals.